You remember when ATARI was a state-of-the-art video gaming system.
You own any cassettes or albums.
You know who Max Headroom is.
You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like befos nose fell off. Or even when he had those freaky eyes in "Thriller" at the end of the video.
You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
You know where to go if you "wanna go where everybody knows your name."
You knew "The Artist" when he was humbly called "Prince."
You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
You remember "Friday Night Videos" before the days of MTV.
While in high school, you and all your friends discussed elaborate plans to get together again at the end of the century and play "1999" by Prince over and over again.
You've recently horrified yourself by using any one of the following phrases:
"When I was younger"
"When I was your age"
"You know, back when..."
"Because I SAID so, that's why"
"What the HECK is this noise on the radio?"
"Just can't (fill in the blank) like I used to"
The phrase "Where's the beef?" still doubles you over with laughter.
Your hair, at some point in time in the 80's, became something which can only be described by the phrase "I was experimenting."
You ever had Pac-Man fever.
This rings a bell: "and my name, is Charlie. They work for me."
You HAD to have your MTV.
You actually know who Rick Springfield is.
The first time you ever kissed someone at a dance fell during "Crazy for You" by Madonna.
You can name at least half of the members of the elite "Brat Pack."
You know who shot JR on Dallas.
You know Jenny's phone number.
You knew who Luke and Laura were.
You wanted detention after seeing "The Breakfast Club"
"You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both . . ."
You've ever worn "Daisy Dukes"
In your sophomore class picture, you're wearing an Izod shirt with the collar "up." Kids that work in restaurants and supermarkets are starting to piss you off by calling you "sir" or "ma'am"...
going to keg parties no longer involves hiding out in the woods when the cops show up...
you solved the Rubics cube.....by peeling off the stickers...
you remember trying to guess the episode of the Brady Bunch from the first scene...you remember the days when "safe sex" meant "my parents are gone for the weekend"...